Well. Theres many aspects of being better in programming.

You could set 2 people the same task and ...

One could do the task quicker
The other could have neater coding
The first could of made his project easier to edit
The other could of made his task better visually.

etc. Theres too many aspects. If there was a way to have somebody better than the other. There would be a Best programmer in the world. When their isnt really.